European / American dish garden
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I could be wrong, but as I remember in a european dish garden, each plant is still in its own individual pot under the surface, in the other styles the plants are sitting in shared dirt.
Rhonda
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In " the olden days", a European Dish Garden included a blooming plant whether it be an african violet, azalea, cyclamen etc.
OB1
Joanne Plummer AIFD,CAFA
Yes.
An "American Dish Garden" or "Planter" is when a number of plants are potted together, in a single bowl or basket, for decorative long term purpose.
A "European Dish Garden" is when a number of foliage or flowering plants are clustered together to create a pleasing arrangement for a shorter time, because each plant remains in their own individual pot, and then is augmented with things like branches, mosses, rocks, pebbles or whatever, to look good for the shorter term, much like a really long lived flower arrangement.
Usually, "American Style Planters" are available pre made from various wholesalers, while "European Style Dish Gardens" are custom made by each indivudual shop, according to the materials they have on hand.
Usually, "American Style Planters" have set values, ie 30$ 40$ 50$, where "European Style Gardens" will stretch the price range, sometimes to 200$, or more dollars, and, because they are custom designed, can be worked up to any price point your customer wants.
JP
An "American Dish Garden" or "Planter" is when a number of plants are potted together, in a single bowl or basket, for decorative long term purpose.
A "European Dish Garden" is when a number of foliage or flowering plants are clustered together to create a pleasing arrangement for a shorter time, because each plant remains in their own individual pot, and then is augmented with things like branches, mosses, rocks, pebbles or whatever, to look good for the shorter term, much like a really long lived flower arrangement.
Usually, "American Style Planters" are available pre made from various wholesalers, while "European Style Dish Gardens" are custom made by each indivudual shop, according to the materials they have on hand.
Usually, "American Style Planters" have set values, ie 30$ 40$ 50$, where "European Style Gardens" will stretch the price range, sometimes to 200$, or more dollars, and, because they are custom designed, can be worked up to any price point your customer wants.
JP
anytimeflowers
Linda
I just call them "Dish Garden" and "European Garden". The euro has blooming, the dish does not. My wholesaler sells both, and yes, the dish is all planted together, the euro is individually potted plants. I assume because the bloomer/s will need to be traded out. I embellish them myself. For anything over $75 retail, I make them myself.
Our dish gardens do have blooming in them as well. As do the euro ones.
Seasonals
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Both ours can have blooming. We suggest European for sympathy gifts where there are several family members that can share the individual plants from the basket.
Thanks everyone for the info. I guess I got lucky with the "European Dish Garden" I did recently. I had all individual pots in a basket and the customer requested all white flowers, so we put in a gardenia ( it actually had blooms on it), white gerberas, var. ivy and we added moss and branches.
conchandler
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Johan
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In the UK we tend to plant up the container, it tends to have a mixture of flowering and foliage plants in it. The only time I just put the plants into a container then cover the surface with moss etc. is when I put plants like orchids into the design that have to have specialist soil/bark.
